SMB 21st century data center: VCE Vblock System 100

Watch this demo of VCE's Vblock System 100, which is a converged infrastructure solution geared toward the SMB market.

Vblocks are mostly known for being expensive converged infrastructure solutions that only the largest enterprises could afford. Recently, though, VCE announced its Vblock 100 Series, which consists of smaller end devices to appeal to more of an SMB market. Before I get into specifics about the Vblock 100 Series, I'll give a brief description of converged infrastructure, specifically at it relates to the Vblock.

You can think of the Vblock as an all-in-one solution. It's basically a rack that comes with an EMC storage array and Cisco UCS servers, and that is preconfigured with VMware. VCE figures out what your needs are, and within 45 days, the company will have a preconfigured unit delivered to your door. At that point an engineer will connect it to your network to finish the configuration, and you're up and running at a much faster rate than if you were to purchase storage, servers, software, and networking separately. It also comes "pre-validated," meaning performance metrics can basically be guaranteed. Another nice thing about this converged infrastructure is that, if you need to call support, there is one point of contact.

By Lauren Malhoit

Lauren Malhoit has been in the IT field for over 10 years and has acquired several data center certifications. She's currently a Technology Evangelist for Cisco focusing on ACI and Nexus 9000. She has been writing for a few years for TechRepublic, Te...

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Lauren Malhoit has been in the IT field for over 10 years and has acquired several data center certifications. She's currently a Technology Evangelist for Cisco focusing on ACI and Nexus 9000. She has been writing for a few years for TechRepublic, Tech Pro Research, and VirtualizationAdmin.com. As a Cisco Champion, EMC Elect, VMware vExpert, and PernixPro, Lauren stays involved in the IT community. Lauren has been a delegate for Tech Field Day and has also authored a book called VMware vCenter Operations Manager Essentials.